What do you actually know about assets.instantcheckmate.com before handing over your personal information? Not much, it turns out. This subdomain of the Instant Checkmate background-check service is almost entirely anonymous: there is no about page, no company team listed, no contact information, and none of the legal disclosures (privacy policy, terms of service) that legitimate background-check services are expected to provide. No social media presence either.
The security side is mixed. The connection is encrypted, but the server still accepts outdated TLS versions that browsers stopped trusting years ago. The site also lacks basic security headers that protect against common attacks like clickjacking. The domain itself has a long, clean history — 13 years without appearing on any blacklist — which is a point in its favor.
But for a service that collects sensitive personal data, the lack of transparency around who runs it and how your data is handled is hard to overlook. Most established background-check services prominently display their legal policies and company information. The absence here should make any user pause before inputting their own information. When evidence is this thin, the safest move is to take your business to a company that puts its name and policies in plain view.